FrameThrower · Actors · Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis
5 films · 273 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1984–2003
Born 18 April 1953 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Frederick Allan Moranis is a Canadian actor, comedian, musician, producer, songwriter and writer.
Moranis appeared in the sketch comedy series Second City Television (SCTV) in the 1980s and starred afterwards in several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew (1983), Streets of Fire (1984), Ghostbusters (1984) and its sequel Ghostbusters II (1989), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Spaceballs (1987), Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989, and its 1992 and 1997 sequels), Parenthood (1989), My Blue Heaven (1990), and The Flintstones(1994).
In 1997, Moranis began a long break from acting to dedicate his time to his two children as a widower. He has not appeared in a live-action film for over 28 years.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 5 films · 273 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1984–2003
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
- Earle Grey Award1995
How their films are shot
Measured across 273 frames from the 5 films we hold. This is the look of the work Rick takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 5 films we hold, 67% of their frames are night, 54% low key — the look of the work Rick takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 273 frames from Rick Moranis's 5 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.